FYN Chapter 40 Hong Kong exploded, truly as clear as water and as pure as a mirror?
Chapter 40 Hong Kong exploded, truly as clear as water and as pure as a mirror?
Gu Yuhan received the news early and rushed to the Sunshine Group. "Dad!" Gu Yuhan asked bluntly, "Did they give you the money? Did they give you the money?!" Gu Zhenguo took a deep drag on his cigarette, then stubbed it out and looked at Gu Yuhan, saying, "Don't worry, absolutely not!"
Gu Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief: "So, after retiring, you'll work at the Darkstadt Foundation as an advisor?" "That's right!" Gu Zhenguo said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't let the ICAC find any fault with me!" Gu Yuhan licked his lips, then said darkly, "That means Li Xiao and that bastard made their move. That guy did a good job investigating; he actually discovered our relationship!"
Gu Zhenguo nodded: "There's no way to hide this kind of thing. Everyone basically knows who's involved. Do you think I, your dad, don't know who Li Xiaohe has close relationships with?"
"dad!"
Gu Yuhan thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you think we can get evidence that the Li family reported these officials?" Gu Zhenguo frowned and asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?" Gu Yuhan smiled and slowly said, "No matter what, Li Xiaohe's report is definitely breaking the rules. Guess what these Hong Kong government officials will do if they know that Li Xiaohe reported them?"
Gu Zhen frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it difficult to find evidence for this?" "We don't need concrete evidence!" Gu Yuhan said slowly. "The most important thing is to let these officials know that Li Xiaohe has broken the rules; they've actually used the ICAC to attack government officials. Does it matter if there's concrete evidence? It doesn't matter at all!"
As he spoke, Gu Yuhan slowly said, "There are definitely people at the ICAC entrance, and the ICAC definitely has security personnel. What we need to find is the guy who placed the whistleblower letter. As long as he honestly explains where he got the whistleblower materials and letter from, that will be enough!"
"As long as we're willing to spend the money, as long as we're willing to take action, we'll definitely find clues. Get rid of us, we're not just any police officers. Who are we?" Gu Yuhan smiled sinisterly. "We're businessmen. So what if we don't have evidence? As long as these people believe the Li family is going to deal with them, that's enough!"
"The Li family rose to power by selling opium. I refuse to believe that the Li family, from top to bottom, has absolutely no dirty secrets!"
Gu Yuhan said, "I never expected that Li Xiaohe would use such methods to deal with us. He's courting death. Does he really think Hong Kong is still like it was during the Lui Lok and Crippled Ho era?"
Gu Zhenguo understood.
Evidence isn't really important; the most important thing is to make these bureaucrats realize that it's Li Xiaohe behind it all who's targeting them. This guy has gone completely mad; he's even resorting to violence against bureaucrats just to deal with the Gu family.
"I know what to do!" Gu Zhenguo lit another cigarette, then thought for a moment and offered one to Gu Yuhan. "I don't smoke, I'm not used to it!" Gu Yuhan refused. "Good that you don't smoke, good that you don't smoke!" Gu Zhenguo laughed, and then, one insidious and ruthless plan after another immediately appeared in his mind.
According to Gu Yuhan, even if they couldn't completely destroy the Li family, they could at least make them suffer. Gu Yuhan laughed, poured himself a cup of tea, and said gloatingly while drinking it, "To be honest, if the ICA finds out they're completely innocent after this investigation, I'd really like to know how the Li family will react!"
Gu Zhenguo laughed and quickly said, "To be honest, I'd like to know too!" The Gu family father and son remained very calm!
check!
Neither Gu Zhenguo nor Gu Yuhan were particularly afraid of having their information discovered. They had long since moved beyond the initial stage of simply paying money.
It's a political revolving door game, ensuring that you are all clean and honest while in office. As for what happens after retirement, whether you are employed or paid high wages, that's a matter of free market behavior.
To be fair, the US is two or three versions ahead of the rest of the world. And this tactic is indeed effective. During the actual investigation...
The ICAC was dumbfounded. They had received a tip-off and indeed submitted a lot of clues, but these clues could not be considered evidence.
Naturally, the ICAC should also take it back and investigate.
The staff of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) are not part of the government civil service structure. Its head, the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, reports directly to and is responsible only to the highest-ranking official in the government. Initially, the scope of its investigations was limited to civil servants, but it has since expanded to public utilities and eventually to all private organizations.
Overall, the ICAC wielded considerable power, maintaining independence in its organization, personnel, finances, and case handling. Since its establishment, the entire Hong Kong civil service has been investigated, forcing Lui Lok to flee and bringing Peter Godber back from overseas. The entire Hong Kong triad society was severely impacted, and society was thoroughly cleansed.
The ICAC has independent investigative powers, including search, seizure, and arrest, and may use force when necessary. Resisting or obstructing an investigation is illegal.
Overall, the ICAC now wields considerable power, and if a real investigation were to be conducted, the citizens of Hong Kong would largely trust the results.
However, the results of this investigation greatly surprised the ICAC. All thirty-five people were impeccably clean, as clean as virgins.
Of course, it's not without its flaws; there are still gifts exchanged, but the amount exchanged is only a few hundred yuan.
In Tseung Kwan O, the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) of Bright Food Group still came to investigate the Gu family. However, they still didn't arrange for the Gu family to be summoned to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) building for questioning.
They have the right to investigate Sunshine Group and Bright Group, but they cannot invite the Gu family father and son back for coffee without solid evidence.
"Mr. Chen Songming!"
Gu Yuhan slowly sipped his coffee: "Thank you very much to the ICAC for their investigation. I personally believe that the ICAC will definitely clear our names!"
Chen Songming said, "Back then, Guangming Group promised to build public housing to increase employment in Tseung Kwan O. How well have you actually done that? Also, I heard that there's been a lot of trouble in the village!"
"Human hearts are always greedy!" Gu Yuhan smiled at Chen Songming. "Having more naturally leads to wanting more. However, I've already resolved the matter. Their village chief, Liu Jinghui, was beaten to death by the villagers because he embezzled too much of their property. It has nothing to do with me!"
Chen Songming slightly raised his eyelids and asked, "We will investigate, Mr. Gu. My question now is about the promises you made, the public housing construction, and the employment issues!"
"Neither of these issues is a problem for me!" Gu Yuhan said with a smile. "Mr. Chen, how about I show you around? Also, I need a video recorder. I hope that after proving our innocence, I can broadcast everything on television. What do you say?"
Chen Songming frowned, looked at the smiling Gu Yuhan, and then nodded and said, "Okay!" This public housing policy was introduced after the Shek Kip Mei squatter fire in Sham Shui Po on Christmas Eve 1953, which left 53000 people homeless.
In order to provide refuge for the disaster victims as soon as possible, the Hong Kong government quickly built a resettlement building, commonly known as the Seven-Story Building, near the original site.
Subsequently, the government built resettlement areas such as Wong Tai Sin, Tiger Rock, and Cheung Sha Wan Lee Cheng Uk in various parts of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon to attract residents of wooden houses with poor living conditions and sanitation. From then on, the Hong Kong government began to build a large number of public housing units.
However, criticism of the public housing policy has always been substantial, and capitalists have spent considerable sums discrediting it. The reason is that since Murray MacLehose took office in the 1970s, the Hong Kong government has continuously built public housing, making it the world's largest property owner with the highest total property value. But the problem is, this has prevented capitalists from making money. If everyone lives in public housing, who the hell needs to buy a house?
Therefore, many scholars and real estate developers criticize the government's public housing program as an intervention in the free market, placing an excessive financial burden on the government and making it unprofitable for real estate developers. They believe that housing should be built by private enterprises based on market demand.
However, in Gu Yuhan's view, these real estate developers are definitely the epitome of capitalists. For decades, Hong Kong's real estate market has been driven up by real estate developers who have increased their income by constantly raising the prices of real estate properties, making Hong Kong's properties beyond the reach of ordinary people. If it weren't for the government's constant intervention, the real estate market would have collapsed long ago.
When Chen Songming arrived, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression. Generally speaking, government-built public housing is sixteen stories high.
The public housing built by Gu Yuhan starts at least fifty stories high. Although each unit is not large, with an area of about forty square meters, it is much cleaner than ordinary public housing.
Chen Songming glanced at Gu Yuhan and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Gu, you must have spent a lot of money, right?" "This is a Hong Kong government project. The Hong Kong government paid for it. To be precise, I personally made a small profit from contracting this project!"
Gu Yuhan smiled and said, "However, this profit is not enough for me. I also want to build a school nearby, as well as a farmers' market, so that Hong Kong residents can buy fresh vegetables here!"
Chen Songming couldn't help but ask, "How many people are still here in Tseung Kwan O now?"
"It's hard to say about the population, but it's probably around 40,000 to 50,000. However, I think if we really want to investigate, we should ask the government!"
Chen Songming glanced at the surrounding buildings, then took a deep breath and continued, "Now, I believe you, Mr. Gu, are innocent!"
Afterwards, Gu Yuhan showed Chen Songming around his factory. It mainly consisted of his father's transistor radios, and also his own movie merchandise processing plant. "Don't underestimate these few toys!" Gu Yuhan casually picked up a Jackie Chan Drunken Eight Immortals doll: "This sells very well. It contains the Drunken Fist manual, and besides Hong Kong, it also sells quite well in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea!"
Chen Songming nodded: "I know, my son bought one too, but it seems hard to collect all eight Drunken Immortals?" This is the most despicable thing about Gu Yuhan. Gu Yuhan has arranged different poses for each of the eight Drunken Immortals, with at least eight poses for each immortal.
Then, open blind boxes outside the movie theater.
You can only buy tickets after watching the movie, and once you buy one, you might buy duplicates. If you want to collect all eight Drunken Immortals, sorry, you'll have to watch more movies.
To maintain the popularity of Drunken Eight Immortals, Gu Yuhan still considered adapting it into a TV series. He also planned to work on a comic book.
Ideally, it should be developed into a kung fu movie universe. We should learn more from Marvel.
The biggest problem now is that sometimes the merchandise sales exceed the box office revenue of the movie itself. "If he likes it, I'll give him a set!" At this point, Gu Yuhan smiled. "By the way, you're public officials, and you're also a member of the ICAC, so you can't accept gifts. Therefore, I can only suggest that all five of you go to the movies together. There's a discount at the cinema right now; five people going together get a 40% discount!"
"Furthermore, I'll introduce another policy later: all public officials will receive a 40% discount!" Chen Songming took a deep breath. ...
These officials were eventually released. Chen Songming then gave an interview to reporters.
"Our investigation found no corruption among these thirty-five officials. The Tseung Kwan O project was indeed awarded to the Sunshine Group because they can provide better public housing and a better employment environment!" Chen Songming stated calmly, then added, "In conclusion, our investigation is now complete!"
The reporters were in an uproar.
Everything is spotless. They really have no business dealings with the Gu family whatsoever? Are these guys truly selfless and altruistic? Pure as water, incorruptible as a mirror?
"Not a single problem?" a reporter couldn't help but ask. "Not a single problem, there's no conflict of interest involved. This matter can end here. Hong Kong citizens, please trust the ICAC!"
To be fair, the ICAC still enjoys a high reputation, as it has taken strong action against corruption in Hong Kong.
The ICAC has personally intervened; doesn't that prove their innocence? You're kidding!
Looking at the newspaper and reading the interview, Gu Yuhan laughed: "Not bad, not bad. The ICAC has proven to us that they are all honest and upright officials. Now, let's strike while the iron is hot!"